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Just curious: why doesn't this person have an Aadhaar number? Is it because he doesn't want one for ideological reasons, or is there some class of people for wh
by School-Cotton 2y ago
Just curious: why doesn't this person have an Aadhaar number? Is it because he doesn't want one for ideological reasons, or is there some class of people for whom getting one is difficult or impossible?
- throwup238 2y agoIt's ideological for him (he's a relatively well known entrepreneur and privacy advocate) but there are classes of people for whom getting an Aadhaar number is difficult for practical reasons: homeless individuals, nomadic and migrant workers, remote tribal communities, refugees, elderly people who were born before reliable record keeping in their region, and transgender people.
- School-Cotton 2y agoInteresting and makes sense, thanks. I’m not Indian so I had never heard of this before today.
- sunshowers 2y agoKiran was instrumental in getting a strong net neutrality regime in India, so he's a pretty effective activist too. (I've met him a couple of times.)
- blackeyeblitzar 2y agoI don’t think it is appropriate to dismiss concerns around privacy and authoritarianism as “ideology”.
- School-Cotton 2y agoI didn't dismiss anything. Ideology is not necessarily bad.